Author Archives: TheVJamin

Two funny stories with potty training for Mateo. 1. Mommy I have to go pee… Daddy, I don’t have to go pee: Our problem is that we forget to ask Mateo if he wants to pee in his potty before to go to bed. So every night after he is installed comfortably in his bed…

When Mateo was 18 months old, we bought a blue potty and told him that it will be his toilet when he will be ready! We didn’t know what potty to buy so what we did is that we bought 2 different kind of potty: One that you can put on the toilet, like a…

32 weeks…yayyy we did it…. it is kind of a milestone!. My next milestone is 34 weeks and after 37 weeks!!! I really hope I will make it until October 27th! Why this date? It is because I really, really would like to go the CMA ceremony on October 26! And I do not want…

I am so happy that I passed 30 weeks. Being pregnant with twins is more worrisome than with a singleton! I never was worried with Mateo. With identical twins, there is always a risk of Twin-to-Twin transfusion syndrome which could be dangerous for both babies. And last week, my OB said he was looking forward…

Twins Support Group in Vancouver I think expecting twins is very different than a singleton. I will discuss the differences with twins in another post. For my first pregnancy I didn’t join an online support group. But now I think a support group is important for every woman who is expecting (especially for the first…

The Everything Twins, Triplets, and More Book: From pregnancy to delivery and beyond–all you need to enjoy your multiples by Pamela Fierro For my first pregnancy, I bought quite a few books because I wasn’t completely satisfied with my knowledge and also I was a first time mom so I knew nothing about what to…

The Birth: Home Birth This is the fun part… the beginning… the birth! This is my version of the home birth, the version of the story from Mom’s perspective! Andrew will tell you his version in the next post (version of Dad)! It is home birth in water: Waterbirth at home! I say fun but…

Please this is my Birth Plan and every one should think of doing their own. It can be a template for your birth plan. It can help you and give you an idea of how to write a birth plan but please don’t copy it. Thank you for your cooperation! Home Birth Plan Mother:…

I would like to share with you my experience of my first pregnancy but particularly the birth. First of all, I would like say that I had no complain during my pregnancy. I never got morning sickness during the first trimester. I only had a strong smell and that bother me a little bit but…